Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 05:00:50 -0400
From: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd.org>
To: Timo Hanke <timo.hanke@web.de>
Message-ID: <20160401090050.GA24677@savin.petertodd.org>
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] AsicBoost
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 09:41:40PM -0700, Timo Hanke via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> Hi.
>=20
> I'd like to announce a white paper that describes a very new and
> significant algorithmic improvement to the Bitcoin mining process which h=
as
> never been discussed in public before. The white paper can be found here:
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> http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/~Timo.Hanke/AsicBoostWhitepaperrev5.pdf

What steps are you going to take to make sure that this improvement is
available to all ASIC designers/mfgs on a equal opportunity basis?

The fact that you've chosen to patent this improvement could be a
centralization concern depending on the licensing model used. For example, =
one
could imagine a licensing model that gave one manufacture exclusive rights.

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https://petertodd.org 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org

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